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diastereotopic

diastereotopic adjective: describing any atom, ligand, or other group in a molecule whose replacement or addition gives rise to diastereomers.

Adjective

diastereotopic (comparative more diastereotopic, superlative most diastereotopic)

  1. Describing any atom, ligand, or other group in a molecule whose replacement or addition gives rise to diastereomers

Forms of diastereotopic

comparativemore diastereotopic
superlativemost diastereotopic

Questions about diastereotopic

What does diastereotopic mean?
Diastereotopic means describing any atom, ligand, or other group in a molecule whose replacement or addition gives rise to diastereomers.
What part of speech is diastereotopic?
Diastereotopic is an adjective.

Words near diastereotopic in the dictionary

  1. diastereoselectivity
  2. diastereoseparation
  3. diastereoseparations
  4. diastereospecificities
  5. diastereospecificity
  6. diastereotopic
  7. diasters
  8. diastole
  9. diastoles
  10. diastolic
  11. diastolic blood pressure

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